The Brooklyn Nets don’t believe in taking off the day before a big trip, Summer Fridays, or any sort of “just get to the end of the week” attitude Millennials have made standard over the past decade (I’m in my mid 20s, so I’m allowed to say that). Heck, they’ve never even liked an Almost Friday post on Instagram.
“I think our guys are ready to play the game,” Jordi Fernández said pregame, once being reminded that the All-Star break sits a day away. “We’re not on break. We’re not on vacation. We have to earn the break.